diff --git a/.ng-dev/google-sync-config.json b/.ng-dev/google-sync-config.json
index 4adf9403a5b8..3fa9468c99c6 100644
--- a/.ng-dev/google-sync-config.json
+++ b/.ng-dev/google-sync-config.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "src/material/core/theming/tests/**/*",
     "src/material/core/tokens/tests/**",
     "src/material/expansion/index.ts",
+    "src/material-experimental/theming/_format-tokens.scss",
     "**/*import.scss"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/material-experimental/theming/_format-tokens.scss b/src/material-experimental/theming/_format-tokens.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f395f654eef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-experimental/theming/_format-tokens.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// DO NOT REMOVE
+// This function is used internally.
+@function private-format-tokens($systems) {
+  @return $systems;
+}
diff --git a/src/material-experimental/theming/_m3-tokens.scss b/src/material-experimental/theming/_m3-tokens.scss
index e6f5ee74fff9..0a1501a10b0f 100644
--- a/src/material-experimental/theming/_m3-tokens.scss
+++ b/src/material-experimental/theming/_m3-tokens.scss
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 @use '@material/tokens/v0_161' as mdc-tokens;
 @use './m3-density';
 @use './custom-tokens';
+@use './format-tokens';
 
 // TODO(mmalerba): Split up this file into smaller pieces.
 
@@ -500,6 +501,10 @@
   ), $systems);
   $exclude-hardcoded: not $include-non-systemized;
 
+  // DO NOT REMOVE
+  // This function is used internally.
+  $systems: format-tokens.private-format-tokens($systems);
+
   // TODO(mmalerba): Refactor this to not depend on the legacy theme when moving out of
   //  material-experimental. This is a hack for now because there is no good way to get the token
   //  slots in material-experimental without exposing them all from material.